At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past.
Every woman needs one man in her life who is strong and responsible. Given this security, she can proceed to do what she really wants to do-fall in love with men who are weak and irresponsible.
We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say nothing essential about Man when we seek to define him by the qualities of men.
There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.
The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.
Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.
I do not consider divorce an evil by any means. It is just as much a refuge for women married to brutal men as Canada was to the slaves of brutal masters.
If one were to bring ten of the wisest men in the world together and ask them what was the most stupid thing in existence, they would not be able to discover anything so stupid as astrology.
Men don't and can't live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They don't live by trade, but by work. Give up that foolish and vain title of Trades Unions and take that of laborers Unions.
Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejudices they do without any effort many things they would find too difficult to think through to the point of resolving to do them.
In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.
My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.
My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.
Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.
The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.
Only God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of character in her children.
That strong mother doesn't tell her cub, Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you. She says, Toughen up, this is reality we are living in.
It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her.
I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.
When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me.
Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother.
My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.
It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion it is a joy of every moment.
When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It's not enough, but it helps.
Mothers always find ways to fit in the work - but then when you're working, you feel that you should be spending time with your children and then when you're with your children, you're thinking about working.
How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names.
Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up.
My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque.
Motherhood is priced Of God, at price no man may dare To lessen or misunderstand.
The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection.
When motherhood becomes the fruit of a deep yearning, not the result of ignorance or accident, its children will become the foundation of a new race.
Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history.